Friday, September 17, 2010

Quote of the day: Obfuscating code

Glenn Greenwald on the real difference between Tea Party candidates and "mainstream" GOP candidates -- and, for that matter, many Democrats:

It's all perfectly fine to crave cultural and religious wars, to start actual wars, to despise marginalized minorities, to want to slash the safety net for an already vulnerable population, to adhere to extremist religious dogma, and to endorse lawlessness in the name of Security. You're just not supposed to say any of this -- at least not so bluntly, without obfuscating code.

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